Second of a two-gallery feast from the Fight Like Apes/Bitch Falcon gig last week. Our photographer Olga Kuzmenko was within hair-whipping distance of these two powerhouses of loud modern Irish sounds.

First of a two-gallery feast from the Fight Like Apes/Bitch Falcon gig last week. Our photographer Olga Kuzmenko was within sweat-dripping distance of these two powerhouses of loud modern Irish sounds.

Leah Carroll was the winner of a competition we ran to be take part in Absolut DIY’s live photography workshop with State’s own Olga Kuzmenko. Here’s her first shoot for us – Clean Bandit supported by Dear Desert in the Academy earlier in the week. Give Leah a warm welcome to State.

You don’t have to be one of the people queuing up outside the Olympia since lunchtime to get up close at Placebo’s glorious return. State’s Olga Kuzmenko got as close as possible with her camera. Get ‘Teenage Angst’ into the headphones and enjoy the view.